I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical

[thorne_scratch]

This was a fun music post to organize, but it's so meager, considering that I'm only pulling it from my own collection on this computer's hard drive. I know I've got so much more backed-up music lying around on a lot of data-discs, music that doesn't bring up the Beats. Ah, well.

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[flidgetjerome]

Too bad Flidget is asleep, otherwise I'd get her opinion on the war poets. She’d have something interesting to say, I bet.

I was going to mention this anyway but then you got around to matching up the Beat poets with Marvel superheroes and now my brain's just sorta dribbling out of my years.

But!

Marvel's in the middle of a big crossover event called Civil War, which I've seen best described as "Captain America and Iron Man have a messy divorce and fight for custody of Spider-Man". Of course the first month out Marvel immediately compares this to the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II.

Apparently this wasn't quite enough to get the point across about what serious business this all is because by the third month they're quoting Wilfred Owen poetry.

[flidgetjerome]

. . . I'd like to amend that. According to Wikipedia they weren't quoting Owen poetry, they actually did a story about him which is probably Wilfred Owen's first appearance in a comicbook shared with the Fantastic Four.

I may actually need to buy that issue now. Or at least hold it in my hands and marvel.

[thorne_scratch]

...wow.

>probably Wilfred Owen's first appearance in a comicbook shared with the Fantastic Four.

You say that like he's just casually in comics all the time. As well he should be! Seriously, goddamn. I think I might have to buy this as well, just to see if he has the stupid mustache. Man.

That's one he can look down on from the afterlife and feel proud of.

[thorne_scratch]

You're always asleep when I want to discuss homoerotic brothers in arms. It isn't fair. See, you were a major inspiration anyway, because we were envisioning the Beat Hero Comic all drawn in your chibi flipper style.

Marvel's in the middle of a big crossover event called Civil War, which I've seen best described as "Captain America and Iron Man have a messy divorce and fight for custody of Spider-Man"

Oh man, no prenup in the world could make this any less messy. As if Spiderman weren't messed up enough already.

[twigcollins]

It really is about as bad as you can imagine. If I knew there was no way they'd ever off their most profitable character, I'd almost say Spider-Man was being set up to take a fall to teach Iron Man a lesson.

Also, dear god, 'Starry Starry Night' is one of my favorite songs ever. Thx.

[thorne_scratch]

Being dead has never stopped Spiderman before. Hell, being dead is pretty normal, considering some of the shit his storylines have gone through.

Hooray! I love that song too. And seriously, I'd rec the Kerouac one to you.